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Indi Gregory has had to be resuscitated up to nine times in a day to keep her alive (Picture: PA)

A baby at the centre of a life support case is ‘dying’ and continuing treatment will only ‘prolong matters’ a court has heard.

Seven-month-old Indi Gregory, who was born with mitochondrial disease, is currently being treated at a hospital in Nottingham.

A doctor, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told a High Court judge on Monday that Indi faces a ‘terrible reality’ due to her condition, which saps energy from the body’s cells.

He told Mr Justice Peel: ‘We feel very sad. She is a little girl we have tried to treat to the best of our abilities.

Dean Gregory, 37, from Ilkeston in Derbyshire, the father of seven-month-old Indi Gregory who has mitochondrial disease and is being treated at Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, arrives at the Royal Courts of Justice, in central London, where a High Court judge will hear submissions over what treatment is in the best interests of his seven-month-old daughter, who is critically ill. Picture date: Monday October 9, 2023. PA Photo. Indi has mitochondrial disease, a genetic condition that saps energy from the body's cells. Photo credit should read: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

Indi’s father Dean, 37, and her mum Clare Staniforth want treatment to continue (Picture: PA)

‘The terrible reality is that she is dying.’

The doctor said that ‘further ventilation’ would ‘prolong matters’.

Staff deal with ‘child life cases almost on a monthly basis’ but Indi’s case is ‘really difficult’, he continued.

BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE Undated handout photo of six-month-old Indi Gregory taken from GoFundMe, with permission of her father Dean Gregory. A High Court judge on Friday began overseeing a preliminary private hearing in the Family Division of the High Court in London, after hospital bosses asked him to decide what moves were in the best interests of the six-month-old, who has mitochondrial disease and is being treated at Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham. Issue date: Friday September 15, 2023. PA Photo. Mr Justice Peel, who heard that Indi was being treated in paediatric intensive care at the hospital in Nottingham, said he was considering preliminary issues and would make final decisions after a further hearing. Indi's parents, Mr Gregory and his partner Claire Staniforth, want treatment to continue. The girl has mitochondrial disease, a genetic condition that saps energy from the body's cells. See PA story COURTS Indi. Photo credit should read: Family Handout/GoFundMe/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used in for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

A High Court judge has been asked to decide whether treatment should continue (Picture: PA)

One one day alone, she required ‘nine episodes of resuscitation to keep her alive’, he added.

Indi’s parents, who are both in their 30s and from Derbyshire, want treatment to continue.

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the hospital treating Indi, has asked the judge to make a decision on her case.

Emma Sutton KC, leading the trust’s legal team, told the court Indi is ‘critically’ ill with a ‘devastating neurometabolic disorder’.

Indi’s illness is ‘exceptionally rare’, she added. The case continues.

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